Customer Rating: 
Summary: I JUST LOVE THIS PHONE
Comment: THIS PHONE IS VERY NICE AND SLIM. MY HUSBAND AND I USE IT FOR WALKIE TALKIE. YOU CAN TALK FROM A VERY VERY FAR DISTANCE. I MAY ORDER ONE MORE FOR THE OTHER BED ROOM.... SOUND IS AWESOME.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Not a good phone
Comment: We were initially very pleased with these phones, they worked quite well the first few months (or so we thought), although we did notice a shorter battery life than our previous cordless phones (although not as extreme as others have reported). They would hold a charge for few days with moderate use.
However, within the last few months we've found that the sound quality has gone to crap (or maybe always was). The phones cut in-and-out, but only the out-going sound. So we, the users, don't notice it. We often talk to others who are on their cell phones and I think they just assumed since they had called our home number that it was their cellular service. One of the handsets is worse than the other, and it occurs even with a full charge on the battery, so it's not due to that.
I printed off and followed about a 20 item trouble-shooting list from Vtech's website, but all it did was prove these phones are crap. Don't buy them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: VTech 6042 DECT 6.0 Two-Handset Cordless Phone System
Comment: I purchased this phone system not only for it's design but for the new technology features and the two handsets. Setup was very easy even without using the manual. I was able to navigate the menu and set it up very easily. The sound quality is very good and I like the slim feature. For my purposes, it holds the charge all day when I am not using it and it is not on the rechargeable base. Since I have a separate answering system, I don't make use of the voice mail feature which is easily disabled. If you are looking for a great looking system with many features, this is your phone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dead batteries
Comment: I bought several of these phones so I could outfit my whole house with interchangeable portable phones. Not a single one of them has lasted, and I'm now faced with the choice of replacing all of their batteries, or the phones themselves. To make matters worse, dialing is very slow on these phones. Will probably be the last Vtech I buy for a while.
PROS:
-It looks cool
CONS:
-Zero battery life, unusable after a few months
-Slow dialing!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dead Battery < 1 Year
Comment: As I sit here I have the battery out of my phone wondering about the best course of action. On the one hand, batteries DO wear out. This phone is sleek and cool in every way. On the other hand the sleekness means it has a tiny little battery - one that lasted slightly over 6 months.
I came to Amazon to see if they sold batteries cheaper than the $25 + S&H that VTECH sells them for. BOTH phones are virtually dead. Both batteries dying within a week of one another. I can squeak maybe 5 min of phone conversation out of each one. Going to speakerphone kills the unit immediately. But for $50 plus shipping I'm tempted to just buy a more reliable phone. I really hate to trash these things so soon though. Problem is, 6 months from now it'll be another $50...and another...and another.
This is quite a shock to us as we have owned several VTECH phones. The previous pair of VTECH phones we had survived our then-toddler who liked to see how far he could throw them. We had two different colored phones of the same model. Ironically my wife dropped them both, shattering them. When I cobbled together the best pieces out of each (to make a really interesting looking phone) it worked! Alas it did not survive the dunking in the tub, but there is no shame in that.
But this model is pathetic. Mind you, it looks cool and does everything I wanted it to do. We have a media room that is usually kept dark so we can watch TV etc etc and this baby is easy to read and use in the dark. But the wimpy battery is a pretty bad stumbling block. I'll see if another manufacturer sells a better one. Lacking that, I'm pitching this setup.
A few days later:
I found a cheap pair of replacement batteries. For a pair of them shipped to my front door it was only $12.50. If that fixes the problem, spending $12.50 a year on batteries for two otherwise great phones is not terrible. I would have expected more use out them before they died, but so be it for the cool factor.
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